This week in the US, a strong cold front will sweep over the Plains, Midwest, and East, bringing a range of hazardous weather conditions, such as severe thunderstorms, flooding rains, high winds, and a dramatic temperature decrease.
After a pleasant and dry start to the week for many, rainy and windy conditions are expected later this week.
Much of the UK will see dry and beautiful weather on Monday and Tuesday, with clearer skies and sunny periods in many regions, particularly the south and east.
Severe storms with damaging winds, hail threaten US
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The second severe weather season occurs in the fall, when cold air from Canada begins to flood south into the United States and collides with warmer, more humid air coming north from the Gulf of Mexico.
This is precisely what the FOX Forecast Center predicted will occur in the coming days.
A few severe thunderstorms are predicted to form from the southern and central Plains northeastward into the Upper Midwest on Tuesday night.
The greatest hazards in these areas are damaging wind gusts and hail.
"We're going to have some considerable moisture in the sky ahead of that front, and we tend to see severe weather ahead of cold fronts," according to FOX Weather meteorologist Jason Frazer.
On Wednesday, severe thunderstorms will affect areas ranging from the Ohio, Tennessee, and mid-Mississippi valleys to the Ozarks.
The greatest threat in these areas is damaging wind gusts, although huge hail might fall in parts of the Mississippi Valley and Ozarks.
By Thursday, the cold front will have reached the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, posing a new threat of severe weather in those areas.
While the specific places at danger of severe thunderstorms are yet unknown, the worst storms will almost certainly bring devastating wind gusts.
In addition to severe weather, the cold front will bring heavy rain as it moves east this week.
Heavy rain is forecasted in the Northeast late this week and into the weekend as moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic is drawn north into the region ahead of the cold front.
"Some of the strongest rain could cause flash flooding across the Northeast," said FOX Weather meteorologist Jane Minar.
Keeping an eye on Pittsburgh, eastern Pennsylvania, and all the way up to Syracuse (New York).
Even in New York City, thunderstorms are possible Thursday evening.
Across the Northeast, one to three inches of rain is expected through this weekend, with isolated amounts of over three inches not ruled out in regions of New England and upstate New York.
On Thursday and Friday, heavy rain is also predicted in parts of the Southeast. However, that projection is currently more questionable.
For many, Wednesday marks the beginning of a weather shift.
Meteorologist and presenter Aidan McGivern stated in the Met Office Week Ahead forecast There will be outbreaks of rain, heavy at times, across western Scotland and Northern Ireland, pushing into northern and western England as well as Wales.
The rain will turn to showers farther south, and the southeast will remain mostly dry with occasional sunny spells through Wednesday.
Following a dry spell for many regions on Wednesday night and Thursday, a developing low-pressure system to the west informs the prediction for the remainder of the week.
Aidan said, "Two low-pressure zones and a vigorous jet stream are waiting in the wings."
With all of these distinct aspects interacting, there will be some ambiguity in the details until later this week.
The overarching trend of the prediction is very clear, with low pressure to the northwest of the UK by the end of this week, bringing some rain, wind, and showers.
Friday will be windy, with the strongest gusts forecast in exposed coastal locations to the north.
Aidan continued, "It'll be a blustery day for everybody on Friday, and while the position of the low pressure is unknown, what's most likely is low pressure to the north, a brisk westerly breeze, and a number of showers."
